I posted this over at Hit Comics #25, but as it is relevant here, I will re-post it here.
[As the guy with the pointy ears would say, 'fascinating!'
There is a belief that Mac Raboy might have drawn this, and Otto Binder wrote it. And there are definitely some panels that look like Raboy.
This has been denied by 'experts.' BUT.
Over at Fawcett we have a character who is a young boy who meets a wizard who lives at the Rock of Eternity and gives a young boy a magic word which allows him to call on a number of mythical gods for his powers. So, OK. Here we have a young boy who is taken by a supernatural being to 'the beacon of Eternity' where he speaks the magic word 'Eternity' which allows him to call up mythical and historical characters who help him in his fight against evil. Hmm. Co-incidence? hard to believe.
Returning to Mac Raboy and Otto Binder,these guys are Captain Marvel and Marvel Boy alumni.
So the possibility that these two might have thought up a variation on the Fawcett formula and pitched it to Quality is not impossible.
And 'experts' can be wrong.
Further thought. Don't know how the dates gel, but suppose DC has already cancelled Captain Marvel and Fawcett has already decided to fold up its comic business and a couple of the creators get together and say well, if we can't do Captain Marvel, and Fawcett has folded, is there another way we might be able to use those concepts for another company?
Certainly, the existence of the character in the first place now makes some sense to me. And why he would be given his own title.
Fascinating!
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Link to the book: Hit Comics 25 (fiche)]
Incidentally there are no less than 3 different copies of
Kid Eternity #1 on the site!
Link to the book:
Kid Eternity 01
